Apparently preparing for a 10-day spaceflight to the International Space Space Station requires having your own mission patch.

BRIGHTMAN’S BIG LAUNCH: Apparently preparing for a 10-day spaceflight to the International Space Space Station requires having o your own mission patch. Soprano Sarah Brightman is far from the typical cosmonaut but she has been training in Star City, Russia for her intergalactic trip with the Russian Federal Space Agency. Through a trip organized by Space Adventures Ltd., the 52-year-old musician has been cramming Russian language classes and wilderness survival skill courses. And today in London she unveiled her mission patch, which features a female to try to magnify the potential of women succeeding in the male-dominated fields of science and technology.

Brightman aims to become the first international artist to perform in space. She has collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber on a new song to celebrate her space flight. “I live with the thought of this travel every second of my life. I wake up with it, I go to sleep with it, I dream of it. I cannot believe this is happening.” she said. “…and if possible, I want others to take inspiration from my journey and chase their own dreams.”

Working with the Challenger Center and NASA, she will help launch an educational program that will involve students creating videos using lyrics from one of her songs. Their videos will be posted online for public viewing and voting and the top entries will be used to create a mash-up music video. After the video premiere, students at Challenger Learning Centers in the U.K. and the U.S. will have a chance to chat with Sarah when she is aboard the ISSS. The event will be streamed online. Brightman is also a UNESCO artist for peace ambassador.

For pre-fall, Vivetta Ponti reimagined the characters of an antique tapestry through a punkish filter. The result was a collection that looked a tad less sugar-coated compared to previous seasons. While the brand’s signature feminine ad whimsical iconography, including cute animals and butterflies, were still there, a range of tartan pieces, including a coat and a plissé skirt showing floral inserts, as well as maxi-printed puffers, exuded a cool, urban vibe, writes @aleturra85.
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After dominating in the makeup and lingerie categories, not to mention her Fenty line with Puma, Rihanna is getting ready for her next act in fashion.
According to sources, the superstar has been in secret talks with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton to launch a luxury fashion house under her name. The eponymous collection is said to cover everything from ready-to-wear to leather goods and accessories and is expected to launch later this year in tandem with Rihanna’s ninth studio album.
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Victoria Beckham has developed a power-dressing formula of her own that revolves around elegant tailoring, cozy knits and feminine yet easy-to-throw-on midi dresses — and she keeps returning to it, as it clearly seems to appeal to her growing customer base of women who subscribe to her brand of modern femininity and glamorous yet no-fuss clothing. “Ultimately it does always have to come back to the customer and what she wants,” Beckham told WWD while presenting her pre-fall 2019 collection. “When we do want to do something different, it is about doing it in a way that she can understand, taking her by the hand and showing her how to put the pieces together so that she can try new things and challenge herself.” Report: @natalietheodosi .
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